This past week, I had the joy of experiencing a modern revival of an old tradition…Ice Fest. Gone are the days that this event is about snow cones and sleigh rides…although that sounds great, this event has also found it’s way into urban...
Raise your Glass – September Wine Festivals
Here is this month’s list of wine festivals and events. We are expanding the geography to include as many across North America as we can find. If you are hosting a wine festival or event, please let us know and we can include it in our list. Cheers! September...
Raise your Glass Second Edition: Food and Wine Festivals for August 2012
My apologies for the delay, as I promised this would be out on the first Monday of each month. Nevertheless, here are the Top Wine and Food events for this month. Raise your glass and celebrate, food, wine and life! Aug 9-12: Los Anegeles Food and...
Salut! To the new Santa Barbara Urban Wine Trail
Photo credit - kridey (Flickr) As many of you know, we are always looking for new wine and food events. The new Santa Barbara Urban Wine Trail was an event that was worth passing on from the LA Times, Daily Dish. The Santa Barbara Urban Wine Trail...
Say Cheese!
Cheese. How does one describe on of the most delectable delights ever created. The tangy brightness of goat’s milk cheese or the sweet fullness of cow’s milk cheese. Even better is the nutty, buttery richness of sheep’s milk cheese...
Live music with a Glass of Wine – at the Robert Mondavi Summer Concert Festival Saturday July 14, 2012
Photo credit 0 City Winery (Flickr) Although this announcement is a little late in, we thought it was worth sharing the news about the final concert this Saturday July 14,2012 at Robert Mondavi’s winery. This year, the winery is once again...
Raise your Glass to July’s featured Wine Festivals
Photo Credit - Andy Castro (Flickr) We are starting a new tradition here at Wine+Food Travel. It’s called “Raise your Glass” and on the first Monday of each month, we will feature a list of wine festivals from everywhere and...
Food, Family and the Fourth of July!
Photo credit - pasdebasque 15 (Flickr) In honor of Independence Day, I thought it would be appropriate to share this article that was written by Kathleen Yetman, Interdependence Day: Food in the Family. It beautifully details what I and clearly many...
Finding Our Kin; An Evening with Kinfolk Magazine
Sandwich board to welcome us in I had the good fortune last week to receive an invitation to the Kinfolk Social, a celebration of community, food, and craft, at The Green Building in Brooklyn. I went solo, hoping that like-minded nice people interested...
The Venice Biennale enriches an already rich experience
On a whim, two years ago, I took a friend up on an offer to visit her in Venice, Italy over the summer. She was studying for a Masters in Art, a program through New York University, and rented an apartment in Dorsoduro. The Venice Biennale was happening...